Hostile Stars is a set of free wargames rules for fighting fleet actions in the Dark Realms universe.
Month: October 2020
By Fire and Sword
By Fire and Sword is the free version of a commercially published set of rules for the wars of Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth against Turkey, Muscovy, Sweden, the Crimean Khanate and the Cossacks.
I fell in love with the period some years ago when I read a trilogy of books — With Fire and Sword, The Deluge and Fire In The Steppe — that was set in the period. The Polish author, Henryk Sienkiewicz, won the Nobel Prize for literature.
Making A Mordheim Dice Tower
The Mordheim In Montana blog has a nice series of articles on making a dice tower.
Zombology Print and Play Card Game
Zombology is a free print-and-play card game from Eurydice games. It’s advertised as a 10 minute, semi-coop, card drafting game for 3 – 8 players.
Using THE DIP On Warhammer Orcs
The Tabletop Terrain blog has an illustrated article on using commercial wood staining projects to finish a basic paint job on a Warhammer Orc. More generally known as The Dip, this method actually involves dipping the figure in the wood stain, or painting the stain on. The dark stain settles into the crevices of the figures, making it look like you spent a lot of time shading them. It generally doesn’t hold up to close scrutiny, but from a distance, in massed troops, looks good. For more, see the Miniature Wargaming Wiki entry on The Dip.